The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-01

4
| talking to. Did not see Albreeht or Figures.
/ Did not notice them. Had no conversation
| with Figures, Albrecht or Carraway. Alter
| l came from the train l do not remember
talking TO any body else but Gibson. Hardy
/ was in the carriage. Eubanks got in the
carriage. We were jogging along at
| ordinary road gait. Did not remember
| recognizing any one that passed on foot
while was en- route to the bridge. | may
have spoken to the driver between the
| Lawrence House ard the bridgetand possi-
| bly, may have told him 10 drive up. but
have no recollection of any such occur
renee think it was near the bridge that
/ the boy got to talking about his supper
he wanted to know why | did not give him
/ money to get something ; L told him he
| should have spoken sooner; the buggy
| slowed up as the shot was fred 1t would
| be almost impossible to locate the exact
pos tion of the carriage; must have been
| almost to the bridge as | landed on the
| bridge when jumped out the first wheels
were probably near or about on the bridge
| when the shot was fired | heard the shot
| and turned and
| SAW GAMBRELL.
| He was to the left and TO the rear when he
| shot, saw him about diagonally across,
probably off from the northwest post of the
carriage was sitting looking east think
| | saw Gsmbren by looking northwest or
| north anu sllRUtIy west l. Suuiu not tell
which way the bullet that hit came into
| the carriage; it might have come east or
west of the corner post Gambrell was to
my left and rear when he fired not much
| to the rear, almost even with me.
Here Col. Hamilton designated the aEgle
at which Gambrell stood, using Mr.. Miller
| to illustrate with. did not see single,
solitary person on that bridge but Gambrell
| and myself, and when it was over not a
| soul was in sight. | walked back off the
| foot-bridge and on the road bridge and
called for Minis, and when he came told
him to get the carriage and go and tell my
wife, and also to get a doctor, as | was shot
| then went back TO the foot bridge, and
then the crowd assembled. knocked him
down when he was partially up. | was
sta aiding at that time. | struck the other
blows with tle barrel, holding the butt in
my hand. | could not say how often struck
him. He did not call my name during that
night, and | will here state that, except
for the heat of the conflict, | would not
have struck him when he was down. l
turned the other end of my pistol and hit
him with the butt. He started to raise af
ter | first struck him with the pistol, but
he gave up before quit. He made some
kind of an exclamation, but he did not say:
''0hl Col. Hamilton. don't do thatl
don't think | said word during the fight
After the shooting everything was still. L
cannot tell how long it would take to drive
from Law rence's to the bridge it might be
five or six minutes.
Mr.. Miller here told the Colonel he had
timed it in the morning, and found that at
| jog it could be made in a minute and a
half
Continuing, Col. Hamilton said: "The
interval of time between the first and sec
ond shot was very short. My recollection
is that the two shots that came first were
not quicker than the next one was They
abnnt a nulrk q = n pOulH cock a
pistol. can shoot single action quicker
than a double action. | could not give an
estimate of the interval between the first
and second shots. fired quicker than
Gambrell. | have no idea where | hit him
first. l don t remember giving my pistol to
Albrecht | saw Carraway when the fight
was over. | handed my pistol toward
him. He was then putting out The
fire on my coat. Some one else took the
pistol.
THE PISTOL HAD BLOOD
on the barrel. The fight had been over
long enough for me TO walk TO the middle
of the bridge and call for Minis, and then to
turn around and walk back before | gave
up the pistol. Thought | gave the second
pistol to Stewart as l was going up stairs
or around by his store. L took it ont of my
hip pocket. | did not carry it in my hand
at any time. Stewart took the belt and
| scabbard off when gave him the pistol. 1t
would be impossible for me to state accu-
rately how these things occurred, as | was
suffering a great deal at the time. Remem
ber that the belt hurt the wound in my
stomach. | had the ivory-handled pistol,
| the large Colt, in my hand when | landed
| on the bridge. | sort Of reeled but did not
| fall. and as | came up shot my first shot
| at Gambrell. The horse jumped at the hIst
| fire, but got out of it that moment. | did
not know whether the horse ran Oft the
bridge or not. My attention was directed
| to the shooting. Did not krow why Eu-
| banks got out. 1t was question for him
| to settle whether it was better to remain in
| the wagon or not. 1t never occurred to me
that Gambrell had friends with him. Did
| not think OF it at the time. / never told
| anybody that was going to kill Gambrell.
| had no desire to do so. l had a talk with
| Col. Nugent about the matter. | thought
| ii was dirty, mean thing to publish me
that way, and L believed then, as L believe
now, that my friends would not believe it
| true of me.
| The New Mississippian had an article
about gore, blood, widows, orphans, etc.,
| but paid no attention to it. | saw the
! second article but did not attach any i'm
portance to it. Thought the young man
was just publishing to justify himself to
| his friends. l never told Mr.. +. NJ. Yerger,
| sheriff of Coahoma, about the article in the
| Sword and Shield that came out; that l
/ never had in my youth submitted to such
| a thing, and was not going to do 1t now.
l did say that did not believe | needed to
/ have a fight with Gambrell to establish my
| reputation for courag in this community.
| Told Carraway that had a large and un-
| settled business on my hands and could not
afford to have a difficulty. | heard that
| Gam5rell had arms in his Office. l do not
remember passing him ON the street. did
not pass him at the fire parade. ] was told
| that while L was eating he walked around
| and gazed at me. L never sew him at the
parade saw him once gong from his Of
| fee to his house and back | was at the
| telegraph office once when he was going
across. 1t is very likely that | had said
that was not going to bother him. | did
not intend to and never proposed to attack
him. | saw old man Gambreli when he
| went away Col. Hardy was with me I;
that was the day of the meeting of the
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Board. At
recess l went to the firemen's dinner and
then went back; at night L went down to
| the depot. | went on the Edwards House
| gallery and talked to Capt. Hardy and
others until the Vicksburg and Meridian
train arrived Hardy got his satchel and
duste-, and | went with aim to the tr in.
| / also went with him when he got his ticket;
saw Gambrell and his vie, and gentle
man whom / did not know in the ticket Of
fee ; this gentleman took Mrs. Gambre1 TO
the train j afterward went to the Law
renee House and as | entered this gentle
man came in and registered; | asked Capt.
Hoskins
WHO THAT WASP
and he said j. II. Gambrell, State lecturer.
| According to my best recollection | was on
| the ground when the second shot was fired, /,